Game Night

Every Thursday night at 7:42 Will held a game night at his home and every time Game night was over he started planning for the next week. He was a die-hard about his night and was very precise on the planning of each game night. So precise that he planned what foods he would serve along with beverages, he would decided what the appropriate lighting would be and even the air temperature to make sure that his guests were never too cold or too hot. But the most important thing he planned was the game itself.

While we all know that Will is known as the gamer of the group that is quite an understatement. You see Will has this closet. The closet appears to be normal from the outside, but once you open the door you will discover that it is massive! The closet runs the entire length of Will’s brownstone apartment and is filled with shelves with hundreds of games. Each game is lit with a tiny spotlight as if they were on a pedal stone. Their shape, color, amount of players, and whether it is a video game organize the games.

Last Week the mates played an intense game of battleship, but now Will need to top that. He began his search for the perfect game in the video game section.

“Let’s see… I have super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Sega, Playstation 1,2, and 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, and Wii. Nope, no, I don’t think so, none of these say epic and I just can’t have that!”

Will moved on to other shelves in his game closet.

“Chutes and Ladders, haha yeah right, Spongebob’s Krabby Patty Explosion, hmm tempting, Guess Who, uh no not epic! Let’s see epic epic epic hmm Monopoly? I think not, especially not after the last time we played. Chris threw the biggest temper tantrum all because Guy picked the stupid thimble and then he was left with the Scotty dog and then because Chris really doesn’t understand the game he went bankrupt after 7 rounds. Yeah we’re not playing that!”

He was in the closet for about an hour pouring over which game to play he had a brilliant idea! Last week after Chris and Jonny had left he and Guy were talking about how Chris and Jonny should just get together already. One of them needed to jump the other! Guy thought that they should set the two of them up on blind dates with each other. While Will thought it was clever he didn’t see it working. But now Will had a genius idea and it involved a favorite game of his. He made sure to call up Guy and tell him the plan. Now all he had to do was wait until Wednesday.

For Will the days dragged, but finally Thursday arrived. Will prepared the food, set the perfect air temperature and made sure that just the right amount of light was used. He then got the game from the closet. He opened the box and removed the tarp with the rows of bright colored dots, he laid the tarp on the floor and smoothed the edges so it laid flat. He then removed the spinner and set it on the ottoman. The room was set and now all he was waiting for were his mates.
Guy arrived promptly at 7:42 and grinned as he saw the game set out on the floor.

“Will your blinding me with your geniusness! How did we not think of this before?”

“Ahh Guy my petite handsome male friend, we were just not thinking of the games. Games they’re magical!”

“Right.. well I’m ready to play my part.”

“Excellent! They will never see this coming!”

“see what coming?” Jonny asked as he and Chris walked through the door.

“EEEKKKKK!!! That Jon That! That’s what we will never see coming!” Chris ran over to the tarp and threw himself on top of it. He giggled with excitement and even kissed the tarp. “Will! I could almost kiss you right now! Twister is my favorite game of all time!”

Will just chuckled and exchanged secret glances at Guy. “Well It appears that Chris is ready to play, Jon? Guy? You two ready to get twisty?

“Absolutely” They both cried out!

Will designated himself as the spinner while the others got into position around the edges of the tarp.

“Left foot blue” Will Called out. The three men did as was asked. Will continued to call out commands and the others did as they were told.

“Right hand yellow!” Guy pretended to reach for the yellow circle, but then ‘accidently’ fell over.

“Haha!” Chris called out to Guy. “Your out, that just leaves me and Jonny Boy!”

Guy pretended to be upset and stomped over to where Will sat to ‘sulk’. Will shot him a quick smirk and then spun the spinner and called out the next maneuver. Soon Jon and Chris were tangled up around each other trying to put their foot on a colored dot or their hand on another. Will was calling out specific commands so that this would happen. He was hoping that ‘it’ would happen soon.

“Uh Will, I think we are getting a bit tangled here, maybe we could get an easy command?” Jonny asked politely as he always did.

“No can do Jonny, the spinner decides what you do and if it wants you to be wrapped around Chris then you have to do it!”

“Yeah Jonny Boy! It apparently wants me to be just as wrapped around you as your are to me.”

“Exactly! Now left hand red!”

Chris and Jon tried to place their hands on the red circle but Chris accidently slipped and ended up falling directly on top of Jon.

Guy whispered to Will “How convenient.” Will just nodded his head and crossed his fingers.

Jon stared up at Chris while Chris did the same to Jon, then like magnets their lips were drawn together. Chris ran his fingers threw Jon’s hair and Jon pulled Chris closer to his body.

Will and Guy silently left the room and went into Will’s bedroom. “You’re brilliant!” Guy said as he pushed Will onto the bed.

“I know, now kiss me, we probably only have 20 min before they realize we’ve left.”

“You don’t have to ask twice!”


“Ahem” Will stood above the two men making out.

Chris and Jon looked up a bit bashful from the floor.

“Well it’s about time the two of you got together, but my floor is not the place.”

“Aww thanks Will, right err my place Jon?”

Jon just grinned and stood up and pulled Chris out the door.

And so my friends, that is how the Game of twister brought Chris and Jon together in more ways than one!